[Delw]

Ive been on this site since its conception and the site before it, one thing that I have seen over the years is the problems of pouring certain molds.

I still hear people haveing problems with trimming and over pours and messy pours. maybe this will help those who need it.


There are 2 items to hand pour from a pyrex or anchor or a cup/pan. both have thier place and both wont work for everything.

Pyrex.
good for senko type molds , frog type molds and other 2 piece molds and big swim bait molds. I dont care how good you are your going to pour pourly using them for 1 piece dropshot / brushhog and other small molds.
these are good for lots of plastic to pour into big spaces .


Pouring pans.
bought from lure craft or anyother place, wall mart measuring cups etc.

they are the only way to go when pouring small 2 piece molds, one sides molds like dropshot brushhogs and a few others. but there are some tricks to use when using these.

one of them is you want to be able to turn the pan almost 90º before the plastic comes out, if you dont you will have plastic run down the side causing a bad pour. a way to fix this is to only fill the cup/pan 1/8-1/4 of the way. start with a 1 cup size and fill it 1/8 of the way and you will see what I mean. then try it with it 1/2-3/4 full .

the other thing is to pour a wiper before you start pouring. a piece of plastic about a 2-3" circle on the table let it cool. if you wipe after every pour your pouring will go 100times better and smoother.

Walmart measureing cups some people only find ones with no spout or a very small spout. ( I use the small spout ones) and I can pour the antennas on the n-bug molds with no problems. My daughter could pour them when she was 12 with no problems. if your not happy with the size of the spout, take a pair of pliers and bend one in there its easy to do.

but the spout isnt the problem its over filling the cup as stated in the above paragraph.


one mold and pyrex pouring. you will have to reheat over and over cause it takes a while to cool down. Think about heating on the stove, sure it takes longer but your colors ( no matter what type of plastic you use) will look 10x better.

A nice thing about pans if you want to pour multiple colors, is to get a skillet//griddle. put the heat up to 350 and set your pans with colors on then to keep them warm.

if you want to save time heat a 2 cup pyrex plastic with NO color in the microwave and then pour what you want into the pans mix in your colors and pour away. this wil keep you from mixing too much of one color up.

if you want your boats to come out looking like the colors were blended in nicely then put your molds on the griddle and pour the plastic in there ( 2-5 differnt colors) this will make everything blend perfectly and seamless.
its best to reduce the heat to around 275-300 degrees though.


another tip.
if you heat in pouring pots, or pans where the plastic is constantly being heated or warmed, then you need to add in heat stabilizer, Heat stabilizer is the first thing that burns off in the plastic and the lack of it cause the plastic to burn. That would be any plastic